Smoke and heat deflector for lights.



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1908.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB SILVERBERG, OF MCKEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA.

SMOKE AND HEAT DEFLEGTOR FOR LIGHTS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Moon SILVERBERG, a resident of McKees Rocks, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Smoke andHeat Deflectors for Lights; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

M invention relates to deflectors for the smo e and heat of lights, andhas special reference to the application of the same to the flames fromjets of gas, oil or other lights on chandeliers, brackets, lamps, etc.

The object of my invention is to provide a chea simple and efficientform of a deflector for t e smoke and heat from lights of gas, oil andother flames which can easily be a lied and ad'usted in place, so thatthe smo e rom the lig ts or carbon generated thereby will be distributedor deflected about the room or apartment in which the light and itsdeflector is used, and the smoke prevented from being collected in spotsor places on the ceiling or wall directly over said lights, while at thesame time the heated air will be deflected downward into the room orapartment' and the cold air deflected upward thereby.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement,construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more particularlyset forth and described and particularly ointed out in the claims.

To ena le others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains toconstruct and use my im roved deflector for the smoke and heat of ligts, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved deflectorfor the smoke and heat of lights showing the same applied to achandelier or fixture for a gas light. Fig. 2 is an enlarged pers ectiveview of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectlonal elevation of the adjustable suporting means employed. Fig. 4 is an en arged cross-section of thetubular portion on the supporting means on the line 4-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a perspective view of the clamping strap for carrying the supportingmeans. Fig. 6 is a like view of the plate for use on a wall to carry thesupporting means.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of thefigures of the drawing.

As illustrated in said drawing, 1 represents Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed March 28, 1908.

or fixture a.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Serial No. 423,893.

the vertical portion of a chandelier or fixture, which is shown in Fig.1, and such portion is usually a pipe or tube of circular cross-sectionhaving the extensions 2 projecting out from the lower end of the same.These extensions 2 have the usual vertical burner 3 at each of the outerends of the same, as shown in said figure, and from which the light isformed by the flame therefrom when lighted.

Connected to and extending out from the vertical portion 1 of thechandelier a is the deflecting device I) which is preferably formed ofmetal and comprises the deflector or fan 4, the supporting bar 5, andthe attaching and detachable clam ing strap 6. The strap 6 is formed ofthin flexible sheet metal and has a tongue 7 at one end for fitting in ahole or slot 8 at the opposite end, while within the body of said strapare a series of corru ations 9, which are adapted to form seats for thebar 5, as hereinafter described, when connected to vertical portion 1 ofthe chandelier The strap 6 is bent around the vertical portion 1 of thechandelier a and is slidably secured in place thereon by assing thetongue 7 on the same through the liole or slot 8 in said strap andbending the same down onto said strap, so that when the strap 6 is thusin place the corrugations 9 in said strap will form seats 10 around saidvertical portion with the outer surface of said ortion.

The su porting bar 5 is formed of a horizontal tu ular portion 11, whichis circular in cross-section and split longitudinally of the same, asshown at 12, for the purpose hereinafter described. Connected to one endof the tubular portion 11 is the L-shaped bar 13, which has one of itsend portions 13 secured in said portion, preferably by soldering, andits opposite and pointed end 13 fits vertically down within one of theseats 10 formed by the clamping strap 6 and the vertical portion 1 onthe chandelier a. At the other end of the tubular portion 11 is theL-shaped bar 14 which has one of its end portions 14 slidably fittingwithin said tubular portion and its other end 14 extending verticallyover and in a proper position above the burner 25 for receiving the fan4.

'l he fan 4 is of the well known propeller shape, and is preferablyformed from a thin sheet of aluminum, such as 32 gage and with twoblades 15, which extend out from a central portion 16 and are turned atan angle in opposite directions from each other. The fan 4 is looselyand slidably mounted on the vertical portion of the sliding bar 14through a hole 17 in the central portion 16 on said fan, and a head 18on said vertical portion supports said fan on said bar.

In the assembling and use of my improved deflector for the smoke andheat of lights the strap 6 is bent around the portion 1 of thechandelier a and clamped or secured in place thereon by passing thetongue 7 through the slot 8 in said strap and bending over said tongue,so that the said strap is thus slidably mounted on said portion and canbe moved to the proper height on said portion for supporting the fan 4and bar 5 of the deflecting device I). The bar 13 which is secured tothe tubular portion 11 by one of its end portions 13 is hung on thestrap 6 by its vertical end portion 13 fitting down in one of the seats10 formed by the corrugations 9 on said strap engaging with the verticalportion 1 on the chandelier a, and the fan 4 is passed by its hole 17 inthe central portion 16 over the sliding end portion 14 of the bar 14 anddown onto the head 18 on the vertical portion 14 thereof. After this isaccomplished the end portion 14 on the bar 14 is passed into the tubularportion 11 and adjusted to position by sliding the same therein so thatthe fan 4 can then be brought centrally to a position over the burner 3on the chandelier a on which it is desired to operate through saidsliding movement and y the swinging of the support 5 therefor on itsvertical pivot or hinge 13 in the slot 10 on the strap 6. When thedeflecting device I) is thus in position over the burner 3 and it isdesired to operate the same, the said burner is lighted and the heatfrom the flame of the same will act to revolve the fan 1 on the verticalortion 14 of the bar 14, thereby deflecting the smoke formed by saidflame throughout the room or apartment in which it is used, and alsodeflecting the heated air in the upper part of said room or apartmentdownward and the cold air therein upward.

If desired, the deflecting device I) can be used over gas or lamp lightswhich are on wall brackets or placed adjacent to a wall, in which case,a wall plate 19 such as is shown in Fig. 6 and formed of thin sheetmetal is secured to the wall by nails or screws passing through holes 20in said plate and taking into said wall or other suitable support. Thisplate 19 has the loops 21 formed integral with the same by cutting themetal and bending out the same in any suitable manner, so as to formseats 22 for the insertion of and the holding of the vertical portion 13on the bar 13 of the device I) therein to support said device and ermitthe swinging of the same, as herein efore described.

Various other modifications and changes in the design, arrangement andconstruction of the various parts of my improved deflector for the smokeand heat of lights may be resorted to without departing from the spiritof the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

It will thus be seen that my improved deflector for the smoke and heatof lights can be applied and adjusted to the proper position over theflame of a light, and when applied to a chandelier or fixture containingseveral burners, a single device can be used thereon and moved aroundthe same for operation on any one of different burner lights, asdesired, while it will also be seen that it can be adjusted fordifferent lengths of burner extensions on the chandelier or fixture andfor different positions of the light from a wall in the use of a bracketor lamp. The swinging movement of the device from a chandelier orfixture, bracket, wall or other support will enable it to be easilyadjusted for different positions of the lights and by reason of thesplit tube employed for the sliding bar, such bar will be firmly held inthe position in which it is placed, and will permit of its easy movementwithin said tube at all times.

The device contains few parts, which are easily manufactured, assembled,applied or removed, and they are not liable to get out of order or placewhen once set in position for operating. The parts being formed of metalwill not be affected by the heat from the flame or light and can beassembled by any child or unskilled person.

When in use the device overcomes the formation of the unsightly spots ofsmoke usually formed on the ceilings above the lights and the air in theroom or apartment is more evenly distributed thereby.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A deflector for the smoke and heat of a flame light comprising asupport having a seat therein, a horizontally arranged telescopic barcomposed of a tubular portion having a downwardly extending Vertical endportion, which is pivotally connected to said seat and a rod slidablymounted in said tubular portion having a downwardly extending verticalend portion, and a revoluble propeller fan mounted on the end portion ofsaid rod and supported by a head on said portion for extending over andabove the light, said fan being slidably removable along said rod whensaid rod is removed from said tubular portion.

2. In a deflector for the smoke and heat of a flame light, thecombination of a chandelier or fixture for the light and having avertical portion, a slidable and detachable support on said portionhaving a seat therein, a horizontally arranged telescopic bar composedof a tubular portion having a downwardly extending vertical end portionwhich is pivotally connected to said seat and a rod slidably mounted insaid tubular portion having a downwardly extending vertical end portion,and a revoluble propeller fan mounted on the end portion of said rod andsupported by a head on said portion for extending over and above thelight, said fan being slidably removed along said rod when said rod isremoved from said tubular portion.

3. In a deflector for the smoke and heat of a flame light, thecombination of a chandelier or fixture for the light and having avertical portion, a corrugated flexible stra bent around said verticalportion and slidabiy and detachably mounted thereon, said corrugationsforming seats with said portion, a horizontally arranged telescopic barcomposed of a tubular portion having a downwardly extending vertical endportion which is pivotally connected to one of said seats and a rodslidably mounted in said tubular portion having a downwardly extendingvertical end portion, and a revoluble propeller lan mounted on the endportion of said rod for extending over and above the light, said fanbeing slidably removable along said. rod when said rod is removed from.said tubular portion.

In testimony whereof, I, the said JACOB SILVERBERG, have hereunto set myhand.

JACOB SILVERBERG.

'itnesses:

J. N. COOKE, J. L. 'lREFALLER, Jr.

